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I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.

I hope to become a better teacher. I love teaching.

I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done.

I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That's the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it'll have to do a lot with teaching.

There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.

I see myself as an educator.

I like to think I am a serious legislator and trying to get things done. That's my goal in life, to get things done.

We run courses for government school teachers on Sundays. These teachers pay for their own food and stay; the kind of commitment you find in these people is remarkable.